Tree-collar.



A BOUGHTQN. THEE COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1914.

l ,QQQfi-QQGB I Patented Oct. 10, 1916 5 of Kansas, have inventedcertain new to in the art to which .115 means of which so the aboveresults Without st ed eh numeral" 6. The

operator.

es band 7 ALLYN BU'UGI-ITOK, GL3 FEEEGDEiSI-IA, KANSAS.

teens-comes. r Lgflflggtl Specification of Letters Betent. f it-fit:

Application filed February 18, 193%. Serial o. 219,527. To allwko'm itma concern: thereof. a strin of summed ne er 1%; the

s y 1 1 l lie 1t known the'ol AlLLYN Bousiisrong under .s vmeh 1s wormedi, 1, citizen of the United States res st st le/Ky on and 13 adopted tocute Neodesha, in the county of Wilson and and I one. he it usefulImprovements in Treefiollers; I do hereby declare the following to full,clear, and exact eseription t. 'vcntion, such. as Willenahle oth'irs itepyerts is to melee and use the same.

This invention relates to new and weird improvements in tree guards, andhas for its principal object to provide a device by a, tree will beprotected from the ravages of insects and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide e device which may beeasily and quickly put in place which Will accomplish in Way injuringthe tree. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and effectiveguard which will be Water-proof and thereby be preventfrom being injureddue to the action of the elements. With these and other objects in view,the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of partsWhich will be fully lthcset forth in the following specificetion'endaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a View of a fragment of :1tree showing the guard applied thereto partly in section, and Fig. 2 isa sectional view through a tree showing the guard epplled thereto.

eferring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 5designates the trunk of the tree which is to he protected by the guard;designated generally by the gnard '6 is removably secured and is capableof being adjusted to thedifferent sizes of trees at the will of the Theguard 6 preferably comprises the which is of cloth or a similar flexiblematerial, and the ends of said hand are over lapped 'as at 8 toprovideior adjustment of the device. Suitably secured to the lower endof the hand as at 9, is provided the colhe) la r 10 which is formeintegral with a sheltering element 11 to form a substantiallyfunnehshaped member.- This funnehshaped member is preferably of. aWaterproof materielsuch as tar paper or a similar sub stance, and hassecured to the inner side i or e, will he ed around 2* or othernieinsend the exterior oi; the

s e passed v on r hand tied as st 16 to hold the hand in its piece.

It will. apparent that When the device is placed on a tree and adjustedto the size thereoi, the sticky surface of the under side ofthe element11 will impede the progress of any insect which may come Contact therel1 and prevent said insect from injuring the tree in any trey.

lit is further apparent that gumined 12 is e fectually protected againstrain and the like by the Water-proof member 11 C ilCil is so arranged asto deflect out Wnrdly away from the paper 12 and prevent the entrance oimoisture between the members ll snd 12. The cloth hand 7 arrangedshovethe member ll absorbs the greater part of the Water flowingdownwardly upon the tree trunk during a rain and thus assists in keepingthe gnniined paper 12 in a dry condition,

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changemay be inn-ole inthe combination and arrangement parts will l within thespirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

Heelingthus described my invention, I claim:

A treeguerd comprising a band formed of lien file materiel adapted to heremovablv and edjnstably secured around the trunl: of tree the verticalends of the hand over- ,lep iiizg one another to provide for theadgustrnent, a collar having an annular flange at its up Jer end, saidflange secured to the lower end oi the band, the vertical end of tiiellyfunnel-shaped member, the outer face iii) of said collar being formed ofWater proof material, a strip of gummed paper secured to the under faceof said funnel shaped member and provided with a. sticky substance andflexible means secured around said band for holding the same securedaround the trunk of the tree said Waterproof outer face and the collarpreventing of from becoming Washed In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature in presence of two Witness ALLYN Witnesses:

F. C. WILLIAMS, H. A. LooKAm).

out.

BOUGHW'ION.

